Uterus transplants: We speak to the gynaecologist leading Australia’s landmark trial
Around 75 of the operations have been performed around the world, resulting in close to 40 live births
From next year, 12 women will become Australia’s first recipients of uterus transplants, in pioneering surgery that has its origins in a conversation between a doctor and his patient in Adelaide more than two decades ago.
Back in 2000, the Swedish gynaecologist, Professor Mats Brännström, was working at Royal Adelaide Hospital when a young woman about to undergo a hysterectomy for cervical cancer asked him for a new uterus so she could have a child.
